July/August 2011 
Recording Special: Panda Bear(1)
Style: Chamber Choir Meets Techno? Tomboy is a dense study in electronic music, where dub rhythms form a watery foundation for guitars that sound like layered synths. On top is the nonpareil beauty of Noah Lennox’s voice. “The voice is a special thing for me,” he says. “It’s my favorite way of wanting to translate [...]
Behind The Song: “Man Of Constant Sorrow”
You’d think after one hundred years, “Man Of Constant Sorrow” would eventually get old. But the American folk standard, which has been covered by everyone from a young Bob Dylan to Norwegian girl-group Katzenjammer, and helped launch the modern Americana movement with its canny placement in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, has been [...]
Town & Country: The Geography Of Justin Townes Earle’s Songs
photo by Joshua Black Wilkins From his first EP through his latest batch of songs, Justin Townes Earle has written probingly and eloquently about the rootlessness of touring life. His subjects are often the people and especially the places he misses, even as he hints that something darker may be pushing him forward, never letting [...]
More in this category:
- Dawes: Nothing Is Wrong
- Neil Young And The International Harvesters: A Treasure
- Bon Iver: Working On A Dream
- Greg Brown: Downhome Sophisticate
- Recording Special: Javelin
- Lindi Ortega: Little Red Boots
- Justin Townes Earle: The Son Also Rises
- Recording Special: Vetiver
- The Felice Brothers: Fire On The Mountain
- American Icons: The Test Of Time
- Review: Hohner’s Blue Midnight, Crossover, & Thunderbird
- How To Make The Whole World Sing: “Last Goodbye”
- Loudon Wainwright III: On Record
- Recording Special: Girl Talk
- Steve Earle Sees The Light
- Amanda Shires: Mystery Girl
- Eilen Jewell: Queen Of The Minor Key
- MerleFest 2011: Meet The CASC Winners
- Guitar 101: Playing With Soul
- The Harmonica: Blowing In The Wind
- Makin’ Stuff Up: Chaos Theory
- Gillian Welch Comes Down From The Mountain
